y'know, i always wondered how the very last ancient of each city was
lonely i suppose, living in a ghost town
i wonder what compelled them to stay so long? a disinterest in ascension? maybe they lived a particularly hedonistic life and feared that they may fail ascension? or maybe they still had hope for the iterators' success?
and what pushed them to finally ascend? maybe seeing a plaza, once filled with life, now empty caused them to crack? maybe the loneliness? maybe they just got bored
and i wonder how their iterator felt about their long stay and eventual departure? did they just see it as another citizen or did they become a bit more emotional about it, a bond even? i guess it depends on that citizens personality, opinion of that iterator and how long they remained as that iterator's sole citizen
I love your idea!! And the way you interpreted the mass ascension. Ancients stuck all alone is an interesting concept and honestly perhaps there were a few like that.
But as a whole actually I'm pretty sure there are the slightest implications that the entire thing was... y'know. Forced.
Rhinestones Beneath Shattered Glass at least implies that. The mass ascension feels like one big movement that was enforced since the ancients believed living in the cycles was torture and all of the world must be left behind and saved.
The entire premise of A hero of our time is hilarious btw. Imagine having part of your private diaries published by a man you've briefly spoken to once, given to him by another man you haven't seen in five years, that was probably a bit in love with you, in a fit of pique because you were cold towards him, with the promise of the rest being published on a later date, and all this because you died at 30 and he thought you represented the spirit of your generation
Have to avoid trauma dump on ppl bc when i say I’m suicidal ppl are always like life is beautiful don’t kill yourself then i trauma dump a bit and they’re like i think u deserve to kys <3
just watched the cutscene where nahida had to erase rukkha for the first time since i saw it in game last year, thanks to my dad for leafblowing rn so i could use that noise to cover my crying ✌️
90 episodes into the one piece anime and this sanji shit is getting serious. my twitter bookmarks and likes on tumblr have not known peace for the last three weeks and neither has my fucking brain